Gothamist

A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.

Gothamist

WNYC Listen Live

Donate

 

 

Arts & Entertainment

Forest Hills Stadium celebrates its 100th birthday with a big summer concert season

By

Steve Smith

Published Apr 11, 2023

Share

FacebookTwitterRedditEmail

Never miss a story

 Email address

By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .

the homecoming concert crowd and state in Forest Hills Stadium

 

Scott Lynch/Gothamist

By

Steve Smith

Published Apr 11, 2023

Share

FacebookTwitterRedditEmail

We rely on your support to make local news available to all

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today

Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations

Forest Hills Stadium, one of New York City's premier outdoor concert destinations, has just announced its full slate of summer concerts. The Queens venue is celebrating the centenary of its opening, as well as the 10th anniversary of its renovation.

Major headliners headed to the stadium this summer include The Smile (featuring Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead), The Strokes and Zach Bryan. The perennially popular New Wave mainstay Duran Duran headlines a choice September bill featuring disco-era veterans Grace Jones and Nile Rodgers with Chic, along with the popular English band Bastille.

Forest Hills will also present several daylong and multiday festival events this season. In addition to the previously announced Re:SET series, with LCD Soundsystem, boygenius and Steve Lacy headlining consecutive days during a weekend in June, the stadium hosts the Head in the Clouds Music & Arts Festival, Rock the Bells and Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Festival. Comedy events are also on the summer agenda.

“It’s hard to believe that it’s coming up on a full decade since we began the renovation of the stadium,” venue executive Mike Luba said in a statement that cited a reopening set by Mumford & Sons in 2013. “It’s been incredibly rewarding to ride along with the stadium crew, the hundreds of artists, our invaluable community neighbors and partners as well as the over 1 million folks who have found their way out to the magic oasis of a stadium smack in the middle of Queens.”

Here's the complete lineup of summer concerts and festivals announced as of today:

Ticket information for all shows announced so far is available on the venue website.

Tagged

queens

Music

arts

Steve Smith

Steve Smith is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

Read more

Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations

Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations

MORE arts-entertainment

Ever wish you could get paid to walk through a stranger’s house? ‘The Scout’ is for you.

A new film focuses on the strange career of a location scout in New York City.

By

Sonia Rao

Published Sep 26, 2026

There are 100s of places to visit during Open House New York. Here's 5 of our favorites.

See the entire lineup for the weekend when the city opens its doors.

By

Hannah Frishberg

Arts & Entertainment

There are 100s of places to visit during Open House New York. Here's 5 of our favorites.

See the entire lineup for the weekend when the city opens its doors.

By

Hannah Frishberg

A massive MTA archive ended up in a Virginia warehouse. A Brooklyn man brought it home.

By

Hannah Frishberg

How a Harry Styles pop-up in the East Village led to a nearby bookstore owner's arrest

By

Sonia Rao

NYC’s creative workers are increasingly self-employed, report says

By

Hannah Frishberg

Never miss a story

Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.

Sign upEmail address

By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .